''Camponotus heathi'' is a species of

carpenter ant Carpenter ants (''Camponotus'' spp.) are a genus of large ants (workers ) indigenous to many parts of the world. True carpenter ants build nests inside wood, consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles or jaws, preferably in dead, ...

native to

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, and

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. ''C. heathi'' is the only described species in the subgenus ''

Myrmodirhachis ''Myrmodirhachis'', the stickle-back carpenter ants, is a subgenus of ''Camponotus'', the carpenter ants. All known species are endemic to Central and South America. Species As of 2024, ''Myrmodirhachis'' contains one described species and one un ...

'', although another undescribed species ''Camponotus'' JTL-055 shares similar traits.

References

heathi Insects of South America Insects described in 1916 {{Formicinae-stub